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More than 50% of small to medium employers are unaware of the proposals for personal accounts and what it will mean for them, claims new research from Barclays Wealth.

The Conservatives have suggested financial education is taught as a standalone subject to 11-18 year olds, rather than bolted onto GCSE maths, while making more use of IFAs.

The Liberal Democrats claim the delay in linking the basic state pension to earnings and the issue of "mass means-testing" are some of the problems with the proposed Pensions Bill.

Pensions are the "single biggest policy failure" of Gordon Brown, with lower paid workers not in defined benefit schemes suffering the most, claims the Conservatives.

The government's response to the Public Administration Select Committee has been described as an "outrage" and "shameful" by an independent consultant.

Pension campaigners have won the right to a judicial review of the government's decision to reject the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into occupational pension schemes.

The Conservative Tax Reform Commission set up by shadow chancellor George Osbourne has published its recommendations proposing a total of £21bn in tax cuts through the abolition of Inheritance tax and the 10% rate of income tax.

The Conservative Party has called on the government to press ahead with the state pension reforms, including restoration of the link to earnings.

The Conservatives have failed to spell out any specific pension proposals in the interim report from its Economic Competitiveness Policy Group.

Many regulations have failed to achieve their goals, have negative ‘unintended consequences' and have the opposite effect to what was intended, says the Conservative party.